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incidents/AIR-2025-0097

Investor Loses Bitcoin in AI-Enabled Deepfake Romance Scam

AI-enabled attack4 Confirmed real-world lossDeepfake fraud

An investor lost his retirement funds in a pig-butchering scam involving AI-generated portraits and real-time deepfake video calls. The perpetrator posed as a romantic partner and trusted crypto trader to execute the theft.

Details

type
AI-enabled attack
Attackers used AI as a meaningful part of a cyberattack against someone else.
categories
  • Deepfake fraud
    Synthetic voice, video or images used to impersonate people for fraud, extortion or access.
owasp llm top 10
no entry for these categories
mitre atlas
Both rows are derived from the type and categories (OWASP 2025 edition, ATLAS release 2026.09), not classified per record. How
severity
4 · Confirmed real-world loss
Financial loss, PHI/PII breach, safety impact or regulatory action.
targets
Individuals
incident date
31 Dec 2025
first reported
31 Dec 2025
origin
AI Incident Database
Derived from the AI Incident Database (CC BY-SA 4.0).
classifier confidence
0.90 · published at or above 0.80; see the methodology
tags
deepfake · romance-scam · pig-butchering · crypto-fraud
record
created 2026-10-18 06:33Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:59Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2025-12-31
    Reported AI-Generated Deepfake Romance Scam Allegedly Used to Steal One Bitcoin From Recently Divorced Investor
    AI Incident Database · incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1327

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